Eight of Pentacles
The Eight of Pentacles depicts focused craftsmanship and the steady, disciplined labor required to master a skill. It emphasizes patience, diligence, and the transformation of raw material into something of value through practice. Upright, it encourages putting in effort, refining technique, and committing to long-term improvement. Reversed, it warns of giving up too soon, laziness, or a mismatch between actions and intentions that leads to career frustration.
Keywords
Description
A blacksmith hammers a pentacle disc on his anvil. He holds a heavy hammer in one hand and a chisel in another. His face appears intent and focused on the work. A darkened pentacle appears on the ground, ready to be transformed into art. Six other pentacles hang on the trunk of the nearby tree. A city appears in the distance.
Keyword
Prudence
Correspondences
Earth, Sun, Mercury, Virgo
Upright
perfect your craft; put in the effort; encouragement; discipline; skill; time and patience.
Reversed
give up too soon; laziness; align actions with words; slack off; career frustrations.
Visual Description
A solitary craftsman stands at an anvil beneath a bright pale sun, holding a hammer in one hand and a chisel or knife in the other. A finished pentacle rests on the anvil while a vertical column of pentacles runs up the right edge of the card and another lies on the ground, together forming eight pentacles. The figure is dressed in work clothes and appears concentrated on his task; a distant ruined structure or castle sits on the horizon. The top of the card bears the Roman numeral VIII and a scroll at the bottom contains cursive Cyrillic text; a small print label 'TAROSHOP.RU' is visible in the lower right corner.
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